What is The Most Dangerous Game About and Why Should I Care? In the 1980s, Hansen kidnapped women and released them into an Alaskan valley, where he hunted them to death. And you know that really popular book with all the kids out to kill each other? Yeah, we think there's a hint of "The Most Dangerous Game" there, too.īut the creepiest parallel of all might be the real-life case of Robert Hansen. It was filmed in 1932 just a few years after it was published, and then filmed again after World War II, with General Zaroff as a Nazi. He went on to write screenplays, even winning an Academy Award for Meet John Doe in 1941.Īnd his story? Well, it has inspired filmmakers, paintball, The Simpsons, and Gilligan's Island. Henry Prize, a short story award that's still given out today.Ĭonnell's short story career peaked with "The Most Dangerous Game," but his career wasn't over. “The Most Dangerous Game” first appeared in Collier’s Weekly in 1924, which is kind of like reading it in the New Yorker today. And students love it, because it's, well, super creepy and weird. Teachers love it, because it's got a classic short story structure and lots of great irony. Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” (or “The Hounds of Zaroff” if you want to be different) is one of the most popular short stories written in English. Who wins out? We'll give you a hint: " What's up, doc?" Have you seen this one? Well, now imagine that, instead of a soccer ball, he encounters a Cossack psychopath/exotic serial killer named General Zaroff, who proceeds to hunt him like a smarter, crueler Elmer Fudd. Imagine Tom Hanks washing up on a deserted island.
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